I took an extra day of vacation to bring you the next version of the Gatineau River Webcam. The image is dark right now but you will be able to see the sunrise on the first day of Spring! I will be moving closer to the river soon. http://johnmiedema.com/gatcam/gatcam.php

Any data I share publicly is fair game for human and machine analysts, in compliance with Facebook terms of service. I have no problem with that. Trump's people did not comply with the TOS. Watch out for those app permissions.

Suppose you knew you were going to die in three minutes. This is how you die. Where are you? Who is nearby? What's important? A consciousness raising thought experiment, good every day, every moment. What a rush!

The Gatineau River Webcam will share a live video feed of the river on the internet. Today it is easy to provide a live video feed for a short period of time on some social media platforms. This webcam will be available continuously for about a month, and it will be on the open web for everyone. The webcam is designed to be weatherproof, portable, and steadily powered. [ 244 more words ]

This February newsletter features the latest and best of johnmiedema.com: IMAGE. The Art of Unboxing. I am thrilled to have a second collaboration, this time with my philsopher-poet son, Sasha Olthof. I collaborated with my philosopher-poet son, Sasha Olthof. He wrote the poetry, The Art of Unboxing, and I painted the image above. His poem was a statement about toxic masculinity. [ 621 more words ]

Today I published the Gatineau River Webcam, version 0.1. It was live, public internet webcam showing the Gatineau River where I live. Now, not much happens on the river, just the way I like it. In the screenshot above I captured a car going by. I have painted the river, and now with the webcam I mix image and code. It was easy with my cell phone and the IP Webcam app; learn more. Much more to come.